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Laurie Grassi
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Painter, former book and magazine editor, endlessly curious. She/her. https://www.lauriegrassiart.com
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Very much admired Frank Gehry’s verve in architecture. Sorry to hear news of his death. #rip
A photograph I took of the amazing curves of the Frank Gehry–designed Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, Washington.
December 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Now reading.
Cover of Jessica Au’s novel Cold Enough for Snow.
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Colour study.
Digital sketch of three people: two women in hats, the left one in a wash of red, the smaller one to the right in a more subdued salmon colour, and a man, mostly cropped off at far right, in a warm greige, with a background of cool blue arches.
August 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Timeline cleanse.
Green-eyed grey cat curled up in a pink bathroom sink, looking up at the camera, as if to say, “You looking at me?”
August 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Currently reading.
Cover of the paperback book On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder.
August 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Cat.
Tuxedo cat lying on coffee table in front of blue vase filled with white peonies.
July 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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I’ve been working on a series of paintings so long I decided to take a break and play with a portrait—I always find them incredibly challenging. #oilpaint
The first stage of a portrait in umber oil paint, depicting a young woman looking off to the side, against a yellow background.
July 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Doomscrolling relief.
June 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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What better than to come home to book mail!
A copy of the new novel, The Homemade God, by New York Times best selling author Rachel Joyce. The cover features an image of a villa on the shore of an Italian lake.
June 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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New painting series on the go!
May 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Met with the delightful artist Elizabeth Greisman yesterday. Here are some of my faves of her work. If you’d like to see more, check out her website elizabethgreisman.ca.
A colourful painting of characters in period dress dancing under archways. A painting of green and yellowish artichokes against a vivid pink background. A colourful painting of Shakespearean characters from the play Twelfth Night in close-up.
May 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Colour study for new painting.
#art #oilpainting #study #procreate
May 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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#wip
Painting of pink silhouetted figures in a camping setting with a taupe tent trailer in a verdant green setting with a pink sky and blue ground.
May 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Happy book shopping!
#CanadianIndependentBookstoreDay
Illustration of a woman on a yellow bike with an orange cat on the handlebars and a basket of flowers on the back. Includes the text “Canadian Independent Bookstore Day, April 26, 2025.
April 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Swimming…
#wip #art #oilpainting
Painting of a figure looking out onto a turquoise swimming pool with lush green plants to the left and a blackish line framing the entire composition.
April 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Delighted to have sold these two tiny oil paintings:
Two 4 x 4 inch paintings of somewhat abstracted chandeliers, both in tones of pink, white, and yellow, one against a deep pink backdrop, one against a deep gold backdrop.
April 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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If you’re wondering what the photo reference for this painting-in-progress looks like, check out @lauriegrassiart on Instagram. P.S. It’s quite different!
#art #oilpainting
A painting of a room at night with a person asleep under a blanket on a tufted blue couch with two gold pillows, against a deep blue backdrop with an open door to the left.
April 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Love this cabinet from IKEA’s new Stockholm 2025 collection.
#colour
April 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Packing up art for shipping.
#oilpainting #art
April 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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My new site is now up, and I’d love it if you’d pop by to check it out! You can sign up for my newsletter to get the goods on new paintings before anyone else does…
An umber yellow backdrop with text saying “visit lauriegrassiart.com” and “art for sale,” and a painting of an abstracted chandelier in tones of umber yellow, blue, and white on a moody blue background.
April 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Repost with a favourite book from childhood.

A sister and brother run away and spend a week hiding out at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
April 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Wonderful visit today to the Mira Godard Gallery to see an exhibit by Holly Farrell.
Woman standing in front of a landscape painting of a dark treeline at sunset.
April 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Utterly delighted that The Resistance Painter by Kath Jonathan is an instant bestseller!
The cover of the book The Resistance Painter by Kath Jonathan, against a blurred backdrop, with the Toronto Star banner above with the words “Instant Bestseller” just below that.
April 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Baked up a little treat for myself this aft.
A hand holding a robin’s egg–blue plate with a brownie with walnuts on it, along with a silver fork, against a vivid orange background.
April 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Have you seen her?
April 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM